In-Service and Pre-Service Teachers’ Views about STEM Integration and Robotics Applications

Abstract

Purpose: There are different perspectives aboutSTEM (Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics) education. Understanding in-serviceand pre-service teachers’ views plays an importantrole in supporting K-12 students to choose careers inscience, technology and engineering. This researchaims to understand science and mathematics inservice and pre-service teachers’ views about STEMintegration and robotics applications.Research Methods: The participants of this studywere 240 science and mathematics pre-serviceteachers and 27 science and mathematics in-serviceteachers. Participants answered open-endedquestions. Data were gathered to find the differencesbetween teachers and future teachers from differentdisciplines (science and mathematics) with emphasison their views about STEM and roboticsimplementation